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The Xth Cent. Church in Drustar: Study of Wall Paintings by Spectroscopic Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

T. Zorba ,
K.M. Paraskevopoulos ,
D.I. Siapkas ,
E. Pavlidou ,
S. Angelova  and
D.B. Kushev
T. Zorba
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece.
K.M. Paraskevopoulos
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece.
D.I. Siapkas
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece.
E. Pavlidou
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece.
S. Angelova
Affiliation:
Dept. of Archeology, Univ. of Sofia
D.B. Kushev
Affiliation:
Semiconductor Physics & Technology Inst., Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Abstract

The technique and painting used in the earlier wall paintings from the characteristic Christian church in Drustar - close to the river Danube - in Bulgaria, are studied. The fragments of wall paintings used in this study are examined mainly by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) with Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDS). It is concluded that the technique used was fresco and that the pigments used are common to those used in the Byzantine era.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 712: Symposium II – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology VI , 2002 , II10.10
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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